How To Choose The Best Sword To Start With

[@wiskadjak]

I started with foil in university and have never regretted it. Everything I learned there has helped me to learn other weapons. 🤺

[@hectormunoz6052]

I don't know how i found this channel , I don't even know what it's really all about , but I'm hooked .

[@peterjaimez1619]

Very nice 😀 if I might put my two cents: Start with a foil, an Italian or French grip foil please 🙏 , most foils in sport fencing are pistol grip, and they translate poorly to HEMA. A foil can be a magic wand to get fit and enter the world of the sword. Also it can emulate almost any weapon while being so light that anyone can use it, also some smallswords, (spadrons?) can ✂ cut Cheers

[@discoveredfencers]

❤ ✅ 🤺 yes, to second the fine sentiments in this comment… indeed the cliche “Foil First” was & is the traditional standard for good reasons. And the degenerate pistol grip, lacking a pommel, does not make for a proper sword. It does work well for some athletic point scoring technique like flicking that would be ill advised if not impossible with an actual blade. Olympic glories aside, it’s simply more satisfying and joyful to develop excellence with real swords. Cheers!

[@woody4269]

Its t wisdom part of these vids where i learn more than sword fighting aspect. Thank you.

[@johnmartlew5897]

🙏 again.

[@AWESOMO5]

Greatsword because i want to be great at swords

[@BruceWSims]

I was hoping to hear a few more comparisons between Asian and Western sword so I was glad to hear the parallel mentioned between the Long Sword and the Katana. Does anyone know if there are videos by this resource that address Asian sword material ??

[@swordmastery]

Thanks for your comment. I’ve had the pleasure of doing both iaido and kendo, and I have high regard for them both. While I can offer some general observations, I have no rank or credentials in either, and so would not presume to address them in depth or detail. -AAC

[@BruceWSims]

Thanks for your response. My area of interest is in Korean Guem Beop (lit. Sword Method) which should not be confused with the Post-1963 HAE DONG GUMDO which purports to use what is essentially a Japanese Katana. The traditional Korean Sword (or "TO") is very much similar to a YAN CHI DAO or sometimes to a YAN LING DAO and tends to follow the swordwork of the Chinese traditions as well. Unfortunately, there are not tons of schools that pursue this tradition. Thanks again for your response.

[@charlescatt4607]

They are different Practices and very different uses western vs Asian…Japanese and Asian swords were generally shorter and heavier, necessitating 2 hand use. Hence no fencing.

[@samirish6696]

The foil is such a great educator in fight principles. Though sabre and boxing was my preferred game, and I have since moved to Filipino arts, I still drill with that ancient practice foil. Clean movement! As my coach would say. Love this channel!

[@davidschlageter5962]

OMG! THANK YOU!!! YESSS! IT IS THE HORSE NOT THE SABER! Although it slightly depends on what horse we are considering. The light horse will more likely use their saber in a small skirmishing unit and as such may actually duel, the heavy cavalry is a packed in battering ram that will likely strike friend as foe when cutting.

[@williamcoachg3228]

Your channel is awesome

[@vfencers]

Lovely video, very helpful, thank you 🙏

[@chrisken8902]

"Your WHY is the HOW of your WHAT". Spoken like a true JEDI ... but wait! ... no lightsabers ??

[@leafgreen5314]

Great video thank you.

[@inregionecaecorum]

I dunno about swords so much, but I have learned a lot by using billhooks, machetes, slashers and scythes. You might say the vegetation does not fight back, but you try that with angry brambles and come away unblooded :)

[@javi8129]

Pure gold.

[@davidschlageter5962]

Yep while saber is more enjoyable a small sword gives you a foundation that the saber needs.

[@KORTOKtheSTRONG]

most important part of the saber is the horse

[@carloparisi9945]

Hello, I tend to start with the plastic foil, then the smallsword, then the Olympic sabre, then a slightly heavier sabre and the transitional rapier (the late, lighter, rapier).

[@ghostedyoutuber263]

I started with a cain.

[@tomdutoit5591]

No arming sword? Feelings hurt... :)

[@johnmartlew5897]

Arming sword and small sword are so similar. Imho.

[@jaketheasianguy3307]

They are not similar at all. The weight, the balance, the way you approach the fight based on hand protection and one can cut while other couldn't......so many elements, even when the arming sword is the great great great grandfather of the smallsword

[@longwoolcoat2266]

💀 bro no @@johnmartlew5897

[@KennethCardenas-by1vg]

I'm starting with a coper pipe sword bamboo .in looking into a brass one. For jutisu akido kindo rue type traing.

[@TurfSurf]

Your voice is like John Voight’s!

[@lonknight3197]

I come to favor the Dusax or Messiager short cut and thrust swords also carries over well with a gardeners machete. Blending European fencing with Filopenio styles Professor Lon A.S.A.X.s Martial Arts.

[@KnjazNazrath]

What did you get your PhD in, if I may ask?

[@LeadingIndicator]

That's a fine video you've produced, esp. w/ respect to civilian vs. military. Although every blade has something to teach , I find that the Jian (Chinese double edge straight sword) is best for working with beginners. My own preference is a fruit knife, but that is advanced. Here is a sample of me playing with my wife: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmWlkGqVoZKHbbM . She's been at it long enough to separate, but with beginners the rules are always the same ... maintain blade contact and eye contact and try to cut without breaking either contact. The geometry of the blade offers a complete curriculum in strategy. Anyways, I absolutely love your channel, so glad I discovered it. RESPECT ♥

[@messerlittle6166]

"If you practice correctly, all roads lead to the same wisdom, and to each other." Yep. You're allowed to have favourites, but with respect I think your lack of enthusiasm has led you to undersell longsword 😀 The fact that longsword does not transfer as well to rapier, sabre, and smallsword is a feature, not a bug: there are a lot of extra things that a longsword can do, namely false edge cuts, thumb grip, and the extra leverage that two hands allow. There's just a lot more to learn, and you won't be able to use it all on other weapons. The reverse is absolutely true, though: any technique you can do with a sabre or smallsword can be applied to longsword. Learning other weapons makes you better with longsword.

[@lakeparkfencers]

Depending on the exact weapon and method…. False edge cuts may indeed feature prominently in Sabre, and even Rapier too

[@lawrenceschuman5354]

Gladius?

[@aaftiyoDkcdicurak]

I think this is why I said F it and went for a spear.

[@annabelladebonnay8320]

Hyperexaggerated and embellished American comic ,- book interpretation of an honoourable sport. Since when has academic fencing involved cumbrous longswords. Incidently,I was a fencinbg instructress for over 50 yrs.

[@loydbriski8313]

Longsword is the "standard" for hema fencers nowadays. Certainly anything but cumbrous, they're quick.

[@Alex-yg5uh]

What the hell are you talking about? Long sword is FAST, go practice some HEMA and find out.

[@Ilus-Mirror]

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[@syys5640]

Uhhh... Longsword, of course!

[@LeviticusMoriarty]

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